{"id":17028,"date":"2022-01-11T15:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/podlupom.org\/about-coalition\/slobodan-javor-snsd-is-the-new-city-mayor-of-prijedor-less-than-a-third-of-voters-cast-their-votes\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:30:14","slug":"slobodan-javor-snsd-is-the-new-city-mayor-of-prijedor-less-than-a-third-of-voters-cast-their-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podlupom.org\/en\/press\/news\/slobodan-javor-snsd-is-the-new-city-mayor-of-prijedor-less-than-a-third-of-voters-cast-their-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Slobodan Javor (SNSD) is the New City Mayor of Prijedor; Less Than a Third of Voters Cast Their Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the press conference held in Prijedor at 9 p.m. the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections “Pod lupom\u201d informed the public about the voting process until 7 p.m., closing of the polls, voter turnout, and the preliminary results for the election of City Mayor of the City of Prijedor.<\/p>\n

Voting process\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The voting process irregularities observed by the Coalition’s observers include a voter casting several ballot papers in a voting box at the polling station 009B063, one person was repeatedly\u00a0<\/strong>allowed to vote on behalf of several persons at the polling station 009B035, and at the polling station 009B007 one person voted multiple times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At 50.4% of the polling stations, the observers registered up to ten cases of family voting. In addition, at 63.5% of the polling stations, there were cases of voters being turned away from a polling station because they were not on the excerpt of the Central Voter’s Register (up to ten cases of this type of irregularity).<\/p>\n

At the polling stations 009B062 and 009B028 there was open inducement of voters to vote for a certain political subject. Almost every fourth polling station (24.3%) had at least one case where one person assisted several voters to vote in a voting booth.<\/p>\n

Up to ten cases of voting without prescribed identification were registered at 9.6% of the polling stations.<\/p>\n

The measures to prevent the spreading of Covid-19 were not applied at 10.4% of the polling stations.<\/p>\n

The long presence of unauthorized persons in a polling station disturbing the voting process was registered at three polling stations. 009B007, 009B062, and 009B067.<\/p>\n

At eight polling stations, written complaints or objections were filed by the observers of the election process.<\/p>\n

Closing of the polling stations\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The polling stations closed according to the regulations. All polling stations were closed by 7:15 p.m. The voters that were outside the polling station at 7 p.m. were allowed to cast their votes. At three polling stations (009B069, 009B083, 009B084), not all members of the polling station committees were present at the closing of the polling station.<\/p>\n

Voter turnout\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pod lupom monitors the information on voter turnout.\u00a0The recorded turnout\u00a0<\/strong>until\u00a0<\/strong>7 p.m. in the early elections in Prijedor was\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0<\/strong>30.5 %\u00a0<\/strong>(with a margin of error of +\/- 4,2 % on a 99% confidence interval.<\/p>\n

Preliminary results of the elections\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The preliminary data on the results of the voting for City Mayor of Prijedor in the observed polling stations shows the following:<\/p>\n